Mari Lwyd: The Skeleton Horse’s Deep Past with Christmas Tradition | Monstrum


[…]

Don’t miss future episodes of Monstrum, subscribe! http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub
Check out Fate & Fabled here on @pbsstoried :

• Norse Mythology and Their Most Epic W…

The coastal villages of Wales around the winter holidays have a bizarre nighttime visitor: a grim skeletal horse who roams the streets with a rag tag group, demanding food and drink from neighborhood families. But is this really a monster to be feared, or one that is rather cheered?

For audio descriptions, go to Settings – Audio Track – English Descriptive.

*****
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateStoried
*****

Written and Hosted by: Dr. Emily Zarka
Written by: E.H. Matthews
Director: David Schulte
Executive Producer: Amanda Fox
Executive Producer: Dr. Emily Zarka
Producer: Thomas Fernandes
Editor/Animator: Jordyn Buckland
Illustrator: Samuel Allan
Executive in Charge (PBS): Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming (PBS): Gabrielle Ewing
Additional Footage: Shutterstock
Music: APM Music

Descriptive Audio & Captions provided by The Described and Captioned Media Program

Produced by Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios.

Follow us on Instagram:

/ monstrumpbs

[…]

Unknown's avatar

About agogo22

Director of Manchester School of Samba at http://www.sambaman.org.uk
This entry was posted in Myth and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.